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 * Name of article: (link) The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

I have chosen this article because I saw the 2018 movie Hotel Mumbai which was based on a true story of the attack that took place in the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. I wanted to know more about the hotel and so I picked this article simply because of interest in the topic.

Lead evaluation
The lead begins with an introductory sentence that clearly describes the type of hotel it is, the location, and the style of it's built. This gives reader some background information of the hotel before the article dives into more details of the hotel. The lead includes a brief description of the article's major sections. It provides information of how many rooms and staff it has, and it consists of two buildings. After that it begins to show that it is a historical hotel and provides names of a few historical guests that have stayed there and mentions the hotel's aid and usage in the war. This introduces the historical aspect of the hotel which will be a major section (history). In addition, it mentions the hotel being a target in the 2008 Mumbai attacks which is also another major section of the article. The last sentence in the lead provides a fact about the hotel being the first in the country to secure intellectual property-right protection for it's architectural design. That fact and topic is not present further in the article and is only in the lead. The lead is concise and not overflowed with many details. It clearly gives information that introduces the topics that will be further talked about in the article in organized sections. It provides a few information such as the hotel's other names, the rooms it contains, the fact about hotel getting their trademark which is not discussed again later in the article.

Content evaluation
The article's content is relevant to the topic. The contents are History, 2008 Mumbai Attacks, In Media, and Gallery. All of the information and pictures provided are related to the hotel. The content is up to date; the newest information being in the "In Media" section. It lists the places in media the hotel is described such as the 2018 movie Hotel Mumbai.

Tone and balance evaluation
The article is neutral. It doesn't have a bias or doesn't talk about the 2008 attack in a particular position. It simply states the facts that occurred. Although there is a lot more detailed information that could be provided about the attack, the article gives a summary of the attack pertaining to the hotel while providing a hyperlink to an article that further discusses the attacks in more detail. The article doesn't persuade the reader at all.

Sources and references evaluation
The facts throughout the article is backed up by reliable sources of information. The sources come from a variety of different websites such as news websites. One fact did come from Youtube. The sources not very current. Some sources are however most come from around 2008 which is most likely due to the topic of the attack which occurred in that year.

Organization evaluation
The article is well written. It's very clear and easy to read. It doesn't overload the reader with lots of information. It's short to the point which easily gives readers information about the topic. There is one grammatical error I encountered while reading the lead which was "her mother, Sylla Tata, had born into the Tata family, builders and owners of the hotel." The word "had" doesn't make sense because the sentence is saying her mother had born in to the Tata family. It should say either "had been born" or "was born." Other than that, there are no mistakes. The article is very well organized into sections separating the topics of the article.

Images and media evaluation
The article provides multiples pictures in the sections of the articles that enhance the understanding of the topic. For the history of the hotel section, the article talks about the new wing of the hotel and new addition of the pool. With that, the article gives two images supporting their text. The article also provides two images in the following section of the hotel having smoke during the attack and Hilary Clinton at the hotel after the hotel recovered from the damages. The images all accompany supporting captions. In the last section called Gallery, it's filled with just pictures of the hotel in various times of the day and years, and different viewpoints. All these images are well captioned and laid out in a visually appealing way.

Talk page evaluation
There are a couple conversations in the talk page of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel article. One was a question posted in 2008 about how many floors the palace has and the number stated in the article is the total amount of floors between both the palace and the tower of the hotel. Another person inputted their comment/opinion about how they went to the Taj in 1993 and thought that the interiors of the staircase were plain, and they were tastefully redone in 2008. The article is part of 4 wiki projects and has ratings of start class and 2 lows, 1 mid, and 1 high.

Overall evaluation

 * The article is in my opinion is short. It provides a summary of the history of the hotel and a summary of the 2008 mumbai attack followed by a link to a more detailed article about the attack. I would like there to be more sections or more information about the hotel. Maybe show the different styles of rooms and suites of the hotel. Provide a list of all the famous people that have lived there rather than mention a couple. It can further talk about how the hotel was used as a military hospital in the war and provide pictures rather than simply stating the fact. The article does have strengths in pictures in providing images of the hotel from when it was built, to the present, picture during the attack. The article is easy to read and one can quickly read the article and gain insight of the hotel. The article's overall status is in beginner mode as in it's still developing.